Elizabeth Warren On Hillary Clinton And Running For President

[DonViejo]

MARCH 30, 2015 3:03 PM ET

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Interview Highlights

On interest in running for president

I'm working on those ideas, I'm pushing those ideas forward, I'm fighting for those ideas, every single day.

But you don't want to run, still?

I do not.

Do you think it will be better for the party though if Hillary Clinton has a challenger in the primary?

Now, come on. Hillary Clinton has not declared.

Do you think it would be better if she sails through the nomination or if she has a challenger from the left?

What I care about is that everyone who runs for president, who runs for any national office right now, talks about this core set of issues about what kind of a country we are and what kind of a future we're building. For me this is really personal.

Interested in being Democratic leader in the Senate?

Nope.

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The above is from an interview with Sen Warren conducted by Boston NPR station WBUR. If you go the link, you can read more or, download the interview and listen to it on your computer.

[Cali_Democrat]

1. OMG! she's running!!

Elizabeth Warren is running for President!!!







She said no, but she really means yes.

[yeoman6987]

3. I love how bold she is

She answers questions I wish all politicians did with blunt answers with zero spin.

[still_one]

27. I don't think saying no really means yes is acceptable as a defense

[Vattel]

2. I guess she can dodge questions just like any "good" politician

[Major Hogwash]

4. Well, that settles that!!! Finally!!!

[Cha]

22. ..

Not really.

[postulater]

5. And she wasn't running for the Senate either, was she?

[AtomicKitten]

6. Top liberals call for Warren candidacy.

Top liberals call for Warren candidacy
They say that Hillary Clinton needs a Democratic opponent.
By Gabriel Debenedetti
3/30/15 5:40 AM EDT
Updated 3/30/15 7:16 AM EDT

Three prominent liberal activists — including the president of a large union — are calling for Elizabeth Warren to challenge Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination, insisting that the Massachusetts senator’s participation in a competitive primary process would benefit the party.

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“We agree with former Labor Secretary Robert Reich, the Boston Globe, and many others that Sen. Elizabeth Warren would be a strong candidate, and that if Hillary Clinton also declares, the debate between the two of them would be critical for our nation,” write Larry Cohen, president of the Communications Workers of America, and Annie Leonard, executive director of Greenpeace USA — the environmental group — in a new letter published by Run Warren Run, a campaign organized by liberal political organizations. The letter’s authors argue that Democrats deserve a lively debate over issues, including the role of money in politics, voting rights, global trade, global warming and worker’s rights, and that the “country needs new ideas and new leaders.”

“If we end up with a single Democratic candidate — and little to no debate in the primaries — those of us unlikely to support a Republican nominee will be left voting for a Democrat who may be opposed to the Republican agenda but is not necessarily a champion of the vision of change that millions of us seek and that this country needs,”writes Cohen, a Democratic National Committee member who endorsed then-Sen. Barack Obama over Clinton in 2008, and Leonard. Run Warren Run, the campaign jointly operated by liberal groups MoveOn and Democracy for America, will also unveil an op-ed by Javier Valdes, secretary of the Working Families Party in New York and a leader of a progressive political committee focused on Hispanics, encouraging Warren to run for the sake of spurring a debate about “racial and immigrant justice.”

A significant group of liberal activists, academics and groups — including New York’s Working Families Party and The Boston Globe’s editorial board — have lined up behind the efforts to draft Warren, often citing the importance of a competitive primary rather than any animus toward Clinton. But many progressives regard the presumptive front-runner as being too close to Wall Street. They believe Warren, an antagonist of big banks, represents an attractive alternative despite her repeated insistence that she will not run. At the very least, they expect she could help pull Clinton farther to the political left.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/03/top-liberals-call-for-warren-candidacy-116496.html#ixzz3VuVIj4nZ

[RiverLover]

15. Fantastic article AK, thanks for posting!! We are STILL hoping she will change her mind. :)

If you check in on this thread again & see this, would you mind copy/pasting this in the Elizabeth Warren Group?

That'd be so great!!

“If we end up with a single Democratic candidate — and little to no debate in the primaries — those of us unlikely to support a Republican nominee will be left voting for a Democrat who may be opposed to the Republican agenda but is not necessarily a champion of the vision of change that millions of us seek and that this country needs...

Truth.

[still_one]

28. she probably won't, then what are you going to do? Martin O'Malley actually has shown interest in

running, and has pretty progressive ideas if you are looking for people who are actually considering running

[RiverLover]

30. I would vote, and canvas, for O'Malley if its just HRC, Webb, & O'M in the primaries.

I suspect he's Third Way, don't feel like giving links tonight, or arguing, but please know I believe he'd make an excellent President for US & he's 100xs better than Hill.

[840high]

31. I would, too.

[still_one]

32. I am not arguing, but trying to understand someones reasoning. Why would you think he is "third way

Everything I have heard him say sure doesn't indicate that

The only point I was making is if you are looking for a candidate that is not Hillary, and has shown interest in running, it seems to me that would be a better use of resources

just my 2 cents

[RiverLover]

44. Hey Atomic Kitten,

No word back from you, so I went ahead & posted the article there.

Thanks for finding it!!

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

7. She gave the perfect answer about Hillary. It is clear that she cant say anything else at this time

It will be clear soon that if she does not run she will actively and aggressively be supporting Hillary.

I guarantee it

[Cosmic Kitten]

8. Very encouraging!

What I care about is that everyone who runs for president, who runs for any national office right now, talks about this core set of issues about what kind of a country we are and what kind of a future we're building. For me this is really personal.

Elizabeth Warren "gets it"!

She say's flat out NOPE
regarding Senate Leadership.

On the issue of president she is
"working on those ideas,
I'm pushing those ideas forward,
I'm fighting for those ideas,
every single day."!?!

Because...
"For me this is really personal"

[DonViejo]

16. I think you might be misunderstanding what the Senator is saying...

the answer you are quoting is in reference to her response to the previous question:

Why is that?

Money talks. Never forget that. Especially in Washington, boy is that the message. The biggest financial institutions, remember what they did? First they load up on risk and they manage to get their regulators to look the other way, they crash the economy, they get a bailout from the American taxpayer and then they turn around and instead of saying, "We're sorry; we did this the wrong way," instead they started spending more than $1 million a day, lobbying against financial reforms, trying to weaken them as much as possible.

and then, after that answer, the interviewer says:

On interest in running for president

I'm working on those ideas, I'm pushing those ideas forward, I'm fighting for those ideas, every single day.

But you don't want to run, still?

I do not.

To me she seems to be saying, "I'm working on those ideas...," the ideas outlined in the paragraph beginning with "Money talks...." At least, that's what it seems like to me.

[Cosmic Kitten]

26. Compare: "NOPE" to "I don't want to"

Want to be Senate leader- NOPE
Want to run for President- I don't want to

A distinction with a difference.

[DonViejo]

37. You may be correct but, I'm thinking you're reading too much into the comments.

[hrmjustin]

9. I feel bad for her that she has to be annoyed with these questions on a presidential run

when she clearly said she won't run.

[AtomicKitten]

10. Annoyed? Hugely flattered most likely. /nt

[hrmjustin]

11. After awhile it gets to be annoying I am sure.

[Cosmic Kitten]

23. I wonder if EW has a private email server?

Now THAT would be annoying

[840high]

33. Heehee I like you.

[NYC_SKP]

40. Warren's like Jerry Brown, who refused Reagan's Limo and drove a state carpool car, Plymouth Fury.

He wouldn't have been so ignorant and self-absorbed to do something as idiotic as use a private server for public business.

[Warren DeMontague]

19. I'm sure she'll survive. Answering questions is part of a politician's job.

Or else avoiding them entirely/creatively fudging the answer to hit some sweet unoffensive poll-tested strike zone of meaninglessness, as the case may be.

[Cosmic Kitten]

20. pfft

[rhett o rick]

12. I don't support HRC as everyone knows by now. I hope Sen Warren runs but

I want to say that it's up to her and that I realize all the dangers of going against the DC Democrat Machine. She will be an asset in the Senate, fighting Wall Street even if HRC won't.

The Populist Movement is underway, even if the centrists don't want to believe. We will continue to push back against the corporate movement to complete control.

HRC supporters can gloat all they want, what with having the full backing of Goldman-Sachs and Wall Street, but sooner or later, the 99% will prevail.

[RiverLover]

13. +1 Oustanding post r o r!!!

The Populist Movement is underway!!! Putting People & Planet First!

[rhett o rick]

14. Glad you are on board RiverLover. And to others, Support the Movement. nm

[RiverLover]

18. Totally on board.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12775284

[rhett o rick]

24. Great post. Great set of principles. nm

[Cosmic Kitten]

25. Populists vs The Wall St wing of the Dem party

[still_one]

29. Fine then look at candidates that have expressed an interest like Martin O'Malley

[rhett o rick]

39. I am hoping we get some progressives running, but will certainly

support O'Malley over Clinton.

[still_one]

42. There will be challengers in the Democratic primary

[Scuba]

43. +1,000

[Warren DeMontague]

17. THANK GOD

the last thing anyone wants is an actual choice, come primary time, amirite?????

[Cha]

21. "Still don't want to run?" "I do not".. Well, someone can keep asking her right up until Nov 2016..

and then we'll know for sure. Otherwise.. just pure speculation.

Mahalo Don I appreciate all that Sen Warren does for our Country. At some point I will want to know who is running for the Democratic candidate for President. Right now I'm enjoying the President we do have.

[840high]

35. I am almost desperate for change and new faces.

[ALBliberal]

34. I like her so much but this cat and mouse back and forth with her answers on the Presidential run

Is tiring.

[Melynn]

36. Warren isn't running right now

but maybe later. Times change, people change, you know.

[JaneyVee]

38. Maybe she really just doesn't want to be President.

[rhett o rick]

41. Or maybe the DC Democratic Party convinced her it's HRC's time.

It's cool either way. The Populist Movement will prevail. I hope you are on board.

[justiceischeap]

45. Or it could be that she knows

she has more power as a senator than she would as President.

[Dawgs]

48. Sorry, but saying that a member of the Senate minority has more power than President is crazy.

The President has veto power, nominating power, presidential declarations, the bully pulpit anytime they want, and has the ear of ALL members of Congress to pass major legislation (ACA).

What power does a Senator have that's anywhere close to the President?

[rhett o rick]

49. Who has more power, Pres Obama or Sen Reid? Do you really think HRC would be

ok with Sen Warren exercising more power than her? I think not.

[LWolf]

46. While I understand

that whether or not Warren runs is of clear interest to those on both sides of the party divide, I feel the need to point out:

My opposition to HRC has nothing whatsoever to do with whether or not Warren runs, and Warren not running does not make me any more likely to support HRC for the Democratic nomination.

[RiverLover]

47. +1

Thank you for making that point. I completely agree.

[rhett o rick]

50. Agree. nm